Gyeonggi-do Invests 2.6 Billion KRW in Crime Prevention Environmental Design Project This Year

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province will invest 2.6 billion KRW this year in the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) project.

The CPTED project refers to closely analyzing the environmental characteristics of offenders, victims, and crime locations to prevent crime and further create crime-resistant spaces.

On the 7th, Gyeonggi Province announced that this year it will carry out the CPTED project in five locations within the province, including Sutaek-dong in Guri City, by improving nighttime pedestrian paths in vulnerable safety areas and installing security CCTV (closed-circuit television).

The target areas for this year's project are ▲ Gwanyang 2-dong in Anyang City, a district densely populated with old houses and abandoned buildings ▲ Sam-ri area in Gonjiam-eup, Gwangju City, an old downtown area ▲ Gwangmyeong-dong area in Gwangmyeong City, adjacent to entertainment districts and vulnerable in terms of daily safety as it is excluded from the redevelopment promotion district ▲ area around Maesong Elementary School in Hwaseong City, a dense area of old multi-family houses within the greenbelt ▲ and Sutaek-dong area in Guri City, a dense area of multi-family houses around redevelopment zones.

Earlier, the province finalized these areas as project sites after a public contest among cities and counties last year, considering factors such as safety vulnerability levels, willingness of local governments and residents to participate, feasibility of the project content, and potential for development as exemplary cases.

The province will proceed with the project by collecting opinions from local residents and related institutions such as police stations, analyzing environmental characteristics of these areas. The total budget for this year’s project is 2.5 billion KRW.

In particular, this year’s project plans to involve local residents in all processes from the design stage to construction and enhance the project’s completeness through consultation with CPTED experts.

The main projects include improving nighttime pedestrian paths vulnerable to crime, expanding alley lighting to eliminate crime blind spots, installing security CCTV and emergency bells, and securing community spaces by maintaining parks and vacant lots.

A provincial official emphasized, "We will expand safe and pleasant residential environments that residents can feel, focusing on vulnerable crime areas such as old downtowns, foreigner-dense areas, and women’s safety zones, to respond to the changing crime environment."

Meanwhile, since enacting the nation’s first "Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Ordinance" in 2013, the province has established basic plans and guidelines for CPTED twice and applied them annually to CPTED projects. From 2014 to last year, a total of 16.8 billion KRW was supported in 36 locations within the province to improve residents’ living environments for crime prevention.

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